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US stocks fell by 421.81 points in early trading today amid panic selling by traders on concerns that government moves to help struggling Americans a read more »
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Panic returned to world financial markets today and share prices tumbled as big investors cashed in before a global economic downturn. Confirmation t read more »
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Global stocks slumped and currencies collapsed against the Japanese yen on Friday as investors rushed to sell risky assets, fanned by fears about the read more »
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The Bank of England has come under pressure to slash interest rates after new figures showed the economy had contracted for the first time in 16 year read more »
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Over the last 52 weeks, foreign central banks have added $321b to their Treasury holdings at the New York Fed (and no doubt more to other accounts) a read more »
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Contra Tyler (see below) neither the post from Free Exchange nor Mark Thoma's comments "rebutting" the Minn. Fed study, Four Myths About the Finan read more »
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Stocks on Wall Street were trimming their losses in the final hour of trading on Friday after a day that with such apprehension that the New York Sto read more »
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Home resales in the U.S. rose more than forecast in September, aided by foreclosure-driven declines in prices that indicated the market was stabilizi read more »
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